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2. Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010: the Next Generation
Tech·Ed  North America 2009
11/29/2018 1:22 AM
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010: the Next Generation
Dean Micheal Erasmus
Principal Consultant
Dimension Data Microsoft Solutions
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3. Introducing MDT 2010 MDT 2010 is a significant upgrade from MDT 2008
Still supports Windows XP and above
Drops support for SMS 2003
MDT 2010 adds full support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 and latest deployment tools:
Windows Automated Installation Kit 2.0
Windows PE 3.0
New way to construct an image
USMT 4.0
New hard-link and offline migration capabilities
Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Replaces several previous tools, adds new enumeration capabilities
MDT 2010 makes these changes transparent

4. MDT 2010 Focus Areas Deployment Workbench Architecture Enhancements
PowerShell Capabilities
Task Sequence and Script Enhancements
Configuration Manager Improvements
Improve administrative processes
Support more than one user
New scenarios with more flexibility
Enhanced automation capabilities
Improved extensibility for customers and partners
A platform to build on
Improve diagnostics, logging, errors, recovery
Support deployment to any disk or partition
New features
Support for the ConfigMgr R2 and SP2 releases
Integrate Windows 7 enhancements
Script and task sequence improvements

5. Deployment Workbench Architecture Enhancements
MDT 2010 Focus Areas
Deployment Workbench Architecture Enhancements
Improve administrative processes
Support more than one user
New scenarios with more flexibility
Folders everywhere
Drag-and-drop, copy-and-paste, cut-and-paste support
Expanded scenarios
Local, network, standalone DFS
Multiple deployment shares, multiple users
Copy between deployment points
Replication
Create “linked deployment shares” for replication
Define selection profiles to control what is copied, as well as whether to merge or replace
New database capabilities
Additional columns
Dynamic column display

6. Deployment Workbench Overview
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Deployment Workbench Overview
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7. PowerShell Capabilities
MDT 2010 Focus Areas
PowerShell Capabilities
Enhanced automation capabilities
Improved extensibility for customers and partners
A platform to build on
Complete PowerShell support
Anything you can do from the UI can be scripted
Drive provider for enumerating folders, items, and properties
Cmdlets to help with importing content, generating boot images, etc.
Ideal for hydration, automated customization, and reporting
Can be leveraged for “alternative” UIs
We don’t plan to deliver any

8. PowerShell Capabilities
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PowerShell Capabilities
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9. Task Sequence and Script Enhancements
MDT 2010 Focus Areas
Task Sequence and Script Enhancements
Improve diagnostics, logging, recovery
Support deployment to any disk or partition
New features
Improved diagnostics and logging
More specific errors (instead of just success or failure)
Real-time logging directly to a network share
Log collecting
Better network retry logic
Formatting and structure improvements
Common functionality will be moved into library scripts
Increase modularity (to help us with testing)
Improve readability (to help you follow the logic)

10. Task Sequence and Script Enhancements
MDT 2010 Focus Areas
Task Sequence and Script Enhancements
Improve diagnostics, logging, errors, recovery
Support deployment to any disk or partition
New features
Refresh BitLocker-encrypted machines
Without decrypting when deploying Windows 7
Deploy to any disk or partition
Windows Vista or later
Security improvements
Variable obfuscation
Wizard improvements
No more command windows (with F8 support)

11. Task Sequence and Script Improvements
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demo
Task Sequence and Script Improvements
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12. Configuration Manager Improvements
MDT 2010 Focus Areas
Configuration Manager Improvements
Support for the ConfigMgr R2 and SP2 releases
Integrate Windows 7 enhancements
Script, wizard, and task sequence improvements
USMT 4.0 hard-link support
All previously-discussed script enhancements
VARIABLES.DAT no longer used
General-purpose wizard capability
Replaces “Unknown Computer” wizard

13. ConfigMgr Improvements
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ConfigMgr Improvements
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14. Next Steps Be on the lookout for MDT 2010 Beta 2
Sign up for the beta program on now
Watch for announcements
Participate in the MDT community
MSSMS mailing list hosted by
Newsgroups and forums
Blogs such as and
Provide feedback
Look for the feedback link on
us directly at or

15. question & answer

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